Football shorts: Ronaldo matches Messi as top two win

Real Madrid bounced back from their 5-0 drubbing in El Clasico with a 2-0 win over Valencia as Arsenal struggle to find club for out-of-favour keeper

Cristiano Ronaldo's double helped Real Madrid bounce back from their 5- defeat to Barca (Dominique Faget) Ronaldo matches Messi double as Spain's top two win
Lionel Messi scored twice as Barcelona won 3-0 at Osasuna to stay top of La
Liga. Pedro was the other scorer as the Catalans showed no ill-effects from
the five-hour journey they were forced to take by land because of the
Spanish air traffic controllers’ strike. Real Madrid bounced back from their
5-0 drubbing in El Clasico with a 2-0 win over Valencia, thanks to
second-half goals from Cristiano Ronaldo.

No offers yet for Almunia
Arsenal are struggling to find a buyer for out-of-favour goalkeeper Manuel
Almunia. The Spaniard, inset, has failed to regain his first-team place
since recovering from injury and has been offered to a series of clubs in
Spain who have balked at matching the level of the player’s Premier League
wages. The Turkish league is seen as a possible alternative destination.
Arsène Wenger, the Arsenal manager, who